The Basics

AW technology is Internet-based virtual reality originally
developed by Worlds, Inc. It was first unveiled in mid 1995 as a single
world called Alpha World. The AW technology changed hands a few times
over the years, ending up as ActiveWorlds Corporation. Here's a
history of AW
by Mauz.

What makes AW technology VR worlds unique is threefold:

Worlds are downloaded and rendered incrementally, you do not have
to download the entire world. Thus, a world can be very large.

Online building is supported without the need for a special level
editor. Anyone can place the predefined objects supplied by the object
path. World owners can customize their own object path and objects.

Collaborative building is fully supported with an automatic mechanism
to prevent encroachment between builders.

The ActiveWorlds Corporation, currently
hosts one of the largest "universes" on the Internet, known simply
as AW. They also supply software to other groups who then run their own
"universe". More can be learned about AW technology by visiting the
ActiveWorlds Corporation.

Here is a short list
of a few of the publicly accessible "universes" which use
AW technology.

Who?

I am
ScottyDM
and am solely responsible for the hosting, the objects, and this web
site. Here's how you can
contact
me.

Important Stuff

Screen shots shown are representative of actual places
in AW technology worlds. The full size screen shots have not been
modified in any way except for cropping and JPG conversion. Inclusion
of a particular screen shot does not imply that Frobozz hosts the world,
nor that it supplied any of the objects or textures shown.

All pages and other elements found on this web site
are copyright 2002 through 2004 by Scott Miller of Colorado Springs,
CO, USA.

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